[DGD] Speed Up?

[Jorn.Bakker at phil.uu.nl]

Hi there
> You are going to have to tell us more about what you are doing before
> any specific recommendations can be made.  I have no idea how "heart"
> and "tick" relate to callouts, the mudlib, and your agent.
>

The MUD I'm working with is based on the Melville MUD-lib. What I know
about 'heart' and 'tick', correct me if I'm wrong, is the following: the
'heart beat' controls the status
of all objects. In the MUD-lib there's a class 'Living' which is inherited
by all living
objects in the MUD including the agent. In this class the 'heart beat' is
used to check
the status of a living being. Then there's the 'tick' function which I use
as a control loop
for non-human living objects. In the code of 'Living'  there's something
like this:

heart()
{
         this_object()->check_status();
         call_out("heart", delay_time1);
}

Where 'check_status()' checks for, among other things,  changes in
hitpoints etc.
And the agent looks like this:

inherit Living;

tick()
{
         .........
         this_object()->do_action(x);
         call_out("tick", delay_time2);
}


> Generally speaking, DGD runs LPC threads in sequence, with one having
> to terminate before the next one can be started.  A callout delay of 0
> indicates that the next LPC thread should be started as soon as possible
> (immediately, unless there are other LPC threads contending for that
> position) after the current thread has terminated.  A sequence of LPC
> threads run in this manner will use all available CPU power for the
> duration of their combined execution.
>
I have tried setting it to zero but it didn't work. Maybe I'm already at
maximum CPU power. But I have a strong feeling that I missed something
important in my code.
Thanks for your help anyway

gr

Jorn

> Regards,
> Dworkin
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